Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli Staffs Up the Office of the Attorney General
The WaPo political blog has important updates about the staffing
of Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli’s office.
It appears Ken has made some good choices, picking people with significant legal experience. Perhaps most significant for the FCA/qui tam world is Cuccinelli’s selection of Steve Buck–who
spent the last three years as Section Chief of the Health Care Fraud Section of the OAG–to head up Public Safety and Enforcement.
Charles E. James will serve as …
Fraud on the Government–a true Equal Opportunity Employer
The Washington Post today has this story about deaf entrepreneur John Yeh and a false claims act case filed against him by the U.S. Department of Justice. Yeh is a graduate of Gallaudet University, and has been at the forefront of […]
President Obama Signs the Franken Amendments into Law
Today, President Obama signed the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill into law. Significantly, the bill included the so-called “Franken Amendments” which requires all contractors with more than $1 million in revenues from using mandatory arbitration provisions in their employment agreements. Specifically, military contractors may not: […]
Everyone seems to focus on the treble damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees…
For understandable reasons, people tend to focus on the treble damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees provided for in the federal False Claims Act and in the 26 states with false claims acts. Today, I want to talk about one of […]
North Carolina Joins the Deficit Reduction Club With a Bang
My apologies for missing this last week, but on August 28, 2009, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed the North Carolina False Claims Act into law, making North Carolina, by my count, the 26th state to pass a state false claims act. […]
Announcing the Largest Federal Qui Tam/False Claims Act Settlement in History–and Virginia’s Share
Today, the United States Department of Justice announced the largest qui tam/False Claims Act settlement in history–all totaled, Phizer will pay $2.3 billion to settle civil and criminal allegations that it committed a wide variety of fraud with regard to […]
The ACLU’s Ill-Advised Publicity Stunt Comes to an End
Today, Judge O’Grady issued his
New SCOTUS Opinion on the Federal False Claims Act
Today SCOTUS issued its
Introducing the New and Improved Federal False Claims Act!
As I mentioned a week or two ago, the Federal False Claims Act has been updated and improved by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. While the amendments to the FCA fall short of those proposed in the still-pending False […]
Important New Opinion from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Addresses the Seal Requirements of the Federal False Claims Act
An important new opinion issued today by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division) discusses the mandatory disclosure and seal requirements of the Federal False Claims Act. The opinion can be found on Westlaw as […]